,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #efee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjbf,ms4 ,graham introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to express the   
sense of ,congress that the ,secretary  
of the ,navy should name an appropriate 
,united ,states ,navy ship in honor of  
the ,battle of ,cowpens1 which took     
place on ,january #ag1 #agha1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,sense of ,congress
 on naming a ,navy ship in honor of the 
,battle of ,cowpens  7a7 ,findings      
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,on ,january #ag1 #agha1 at the    
,battle of ,cowpens1 near ,chesnee1     
,south ,carolina1 ,american forces      
engaged ,british forces as part of the  
,southern ,campaign of the ,american    
,revolution4  7#b7 ,according to the    
,national ,park ,service1 the defeat of 
,british forces at the ,battle of       
,cowpens became known as the turning    

point of the war in the ,south and was  
part of a chain of events leading to    
,patriot victory at ,yorktown4  7#c7    
,the ,united ,states ,navy has named two
 warships after the consequential       
,battle of ,cowpens4  7#d7 ,the first   
,,uss ,cowpens 7,,cvl-#be7 was an       
,independence-class light aircraft      
carrier and received #ab battle stars   
and a ,navy ,unit ,commendation for     
service to the ,united ,states during   
,world ,war ,,ii4  7#e7 ,the ,,uss      
,cowpens 7,,cvl-#be7 was known by the   
nickname the ,mighty ,moo4  7#f7 ,during
 service in the ,pacific theater in     
,world ,war ,,ii1 the ,mighty ,moo      
conducted #b1deb action sorties1        
destroyed #cjf enemy aircraft1 sank #ci 
enemy merchant vessels1 and was the     
first light aircraft carrier to enter   
,tokyo ,bay4  7#g7 ,on ,march #i1 #aiia1
 in ,charleston1 ,south ,carolina1 the  
,united ,states ,navy commissioned the  
second ,,uss ,cowpens 7,,cg-#fc74  7#h7 
,the crew of the ,,uss ,cowpens         

7,,cg-#fc7 proudly carried on the       
tradition of calling the second vessel  
in the ,united ,states ,navy to be named
 after the ,battle of ,cowpens the      
,mighty ,moo4  7#i7 ,throughout #cc     
years of service1 the ,,uss ,cowpens    
7,,cg-#fc7 deployed in support of       
,operation ,enduring ,freedom and       
,operation ,iraqi ,freedom as well as   
various humanitarian and disaster relief
 operations4  7#aj7 ,the ,,uss ,cowpens 
7,,cg-#fc7 was decommissioned in #bjbd4 
7#aa7 ,there is currently no ,united    
,states ,navy ship that carries the name
 ,cowpens or the tradition of the       
,mighty ,moo4  7b7 ,sense of ,congress  
,it is the sense of ,congress that the  
,secretary of the ,navy should name an  
appropriate ,united ,states ,navy ship  
in honor of the pivotal ,american       
,revolutionary battle known as the      
,battle of ,cowpens4